Climate Impact Corporation (CIC) announced its plans to develop two 10-gigawatt renewable hydrogen projects in Central Australia to take advantage of hydrogen production opportunities in solar-rich locations such as the Northern Territory and South Australia.

In a statement, CIC said the projects would be the largest renewable hydrogen projects developed in Australia to date.

These will utilise the developer’s proprietary renewable hydrogen production modular technology which was designed to operate entirely off-grid, reducing demand on governments and communities to fund supporting infrastructure.

“Each module contains solar panels, atmospheric water generators, electrolysers and supporting infrastructure to produce hydrogen as an individual standalone unit. Crucially, the use of atmospheric water allows hydrogen to be produced anywhere where solar radiation is abundant, opening up new locations in Central Australia as potential renewable fuel hubs,” CIC said.

The first test modules are expected to start producing hydrogen in the Northern Territory or South Australia later this year.